Amazon’s seasonal surges contrast with Microsoft’s steady upward trend, as both tech giants navigate new services and shifting profit margins.
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Over Mother’s Day weekend, Andy Milheizler’s quiet Atlanta cul-de-sac was overrun with empty Waymo vehicles. Empty Waymo vehicles recently clogged an Atlanta cul-de-sac. The passengers in two Waymo vehicles in Atlanta last week were in a less-humorous predicament.
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The pitch behind YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs (NYSEARCA:YMAG) is intuitive: own all seven Magnificent Seven names through a single ticker, collect a fat weekly distribution, and let YieldMax run synthetic covered calls in the background. YMAG bundles seven single-stock YieldMax sleeves on Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, NVIDIA, and Tesla into ... YMAG Bundles YieldMax’s Magnificent Seven Strategy Into One Ticker, And the NAV Decay Compounds Across All Seven
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Wall Street Thinks Intuitive Surgical Stock Can Soar Over 30%. Here's Why Analysts are Right.
4 days agoIntuitive Surgical's stock is in the middle of a deep drawdown, which is actually pretty common for this stock.
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Mattel is a global toy and entertainment company behind brands like Barbie, Hot Wheels, and Fisher-Price, serving families worldwide.
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Meta Platforms plans to start testing an AI pendant in the next year, as it charts a roadmap for wearable devices in an effort to reverse losses in its hardware division, The Information reported on Friday, citing a memo. • Meta declined to comment to Reuters on the report. • The Facebook and Instagram owner plans to significantly expand its selection of AI glasses and add a business-focused service called "Wearables for Work" the report said, citing an internal memo by Alex Himel, Meta’s vice president of wearables.
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By Diana Novak Jones May 29 (Reuters) - A Kentucky school district secured approximately $27 million in settlements from social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis,
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Microsoft and Nvidia teased on X a new generation of Windows PCs powered by NVIDIA ARM-based chips.
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Stock Market Today, May 29: Microsoft Rises as $37 Billion AI Run Rate Highlights Cloud Growth
4 days agoThe $37 billion AI run rate gives Microsoft a clearer monetization benchmark, while in-house models could help manage the cost of serving AI demand across Azure and Microsoft 365.
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Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $9 million to resolve a Kentucky school district's claims that its platforms fueled a mental-health crisis among students, according to records seen by Reuters on Friday that reveal the settlement's financial terms for the first time. The company settled the case brought by Breathitt County School District on May 21, a few weeks before a planned June trial, following earlier settlements by co-defendants Snap Inc, YouTube parent Alphabet and TikTok parent ByteDance. When the settlements were announced, Meta, Snap and YouTube said they had resolved the claims amicably.
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1 Stock Slated to Cash In on the SpaceX IPO
4 days agoAlphabet is a major SpaceX shareholder.
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<body><p>STORY: :: NASASpaceflight.com</p><p>An uncrewed rocket from space company Blue Origin was swallowed by a fireball on its Florida launchpad on Thursday.</p><p>No one was hurt when the New Glenn rocket exploded during a hot-fire test – but it's a major blow to Jeff Bezos as he chases Elon Musk's SpaceX.</p><p>:: Cape Canaveral, Florida / January 16, 2025</p><p>The rocket was being prepped for a fourth launch, due to carry 48 Amazon broadband satellites to build a rival constellation to Musk's Starlink.</p><p>:: NASASpaceflight.com</p><p>Blue Origin called the failure an "anomaly." Meanwhile, SpaceX presses on with its own Starship rockets.</p><p>So what's the next step for Blue Origin? Here's investor and former Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn:</p><p>"They have destroyed their launch pad, which they've got to rebuild. They've got to find out exactly what the anomaly was and make sure it doesn't happen again. And they need to get a successful launch under their belt after this one. But they are capable of doing all of that."</p><p>:: July 20, 2021</p><p>Bezos has vowed to rebuild. But does the explosion set back the wider space sector? Whitehorn says no.</p><p>"The industry, I believe for the space economy as a whole, is in a Jevon's paradox now. The cost of the technology in terms of launching and the cost of the technologies you're putting into space has come down so much. There are literally thousands of new uses coming forward and new demand curves for space launch every day. // This setback is for the company and its ability to compete with Elon Musk. It's not a setback to the industry.”</p><p>The stakes are high: just two days before the blast, NASA awarded Blue Origin a $188 million contract to land rovers on the moon, and its New Glenn rocket is meant to be central to the Artemis program.</p><p>Both Musk and Bezos are racing to return people to the moon ahead of China's planned crewed mission in 2030.</p><p>Blue Origin has poured billions of dollars and roughly a decade into New Glenn, built to rival SpaceX's Falcon fleet and its more powerful Starship.</p><p>:: SpaceX handout</p><p>:: May 22, 2026</p><p>SpaceX has also seen recent failures.</p><p>Its Starship exploded in testing last June, and last week a flight ended with its booster tumbling into the Gulf of Mexico.</p><p>Musk reacted to Thursday's New Glenn explosion on X, saying "Most unfortunate. Rockets are hard."</p></body>
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Why Viasat Stock Sank Today
4 days agoViasat's latest business update is causing some investors to reassess the stock.
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Nvidia on Friday posted a cryptic social media post that seemed to give credence to rumors that the company will make a chip for Windows PCs and announce it at the chipmaker’s GTC Taipei convention next week. The post read “A new era of PC,” and then listed two numbers which appear to be the coordinates of the Taipei Music Center. Huang’s presentation is slated to begin on Monday at 11 a.m. Taipei time, which is Sunday at 11 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time.
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Effective cybersecurity tools for AI agents are becoming increasingly vital.
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Will Solana (SOL) Make You a Millionaire?
4 days agoSolana (CRYPTO: SOL) is a top-10 cryptocurrency with a market cap of about $47.5 billion. Investors keep returning to the token because it runs on one of the strongest blockchain networks from a technical perspective. The coin trades around $82 today, well off its all-time high of $294, but interest has not faded. Institutional players ... Will Solana (SOL) Make You a Millionaire?
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Berkshire Hathaway has nearly $400 billion in cash, but that's no longer just dead money.
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It took conflict in the Middle East for the market to start paying attention to the energy sector again. The Houston-based company, formerly known as Schlumberger, has an $87 billion market capitalization and is the world’s largest oilfield-services provider, with operations in 120 countries. The rise in oil prices from about $55 a barrel in early January to a recent price above $90, certainly helps SLB’s case.
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As Nvidia, Oracle And Amazon Pour Billions Into AI, Wall Street Is Quietly Hedging For Trouble
4 days agoWall Street traders are increasingly hedging exposure to Big Tech credit as hedging activity tied to AI-era borrowing surges, pushing outstanding credit default swap (CDS) volume to record levels. In a Wednesday post on X, The Kobeissi Letter stated that...
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Rivian’s confirmed R2 SUV launch and surging trading volume put its long-term rebound narrative in sharper focus, today, May 29, 2026.
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The cloud leader is pruning its most profitable business.
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Tesla (TSLA) reached $435.79 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a -1.43% change compared to its last close.
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In the latest trading session, Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) closed at $376.43, marking a -2.51% move from the previous day.
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In the latest trading session, Alphabet (GOOGL) closed at $380.34, marking a -2.51% move from the previous day.
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Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has suggested that the company might consider stepping into the public cloud computing market if it ends up with excess capacity due to overinvestment in data centers. Zuckerberg made these comments during Meta’s annual...
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